Pino Palladino

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Pino Palladino born 17 October 1957 is a Welsh bass guitarist who gained fame playing primarily rock and roll blues rock and rhythm and blues music although he has been lauded for his ability to play most genres of popular music including jazz neo soul and funk His career has spanned several ensembles including the John Mayer Trio and The RH Factor a band mixing elements of soul jazz and RampB which he formed with jazz trumpeter Roy Hargrove He was also Pete Townshends and Roger Daltreys first choice to fill the position left by John Entwistle as the bassist for The Who Adding to an eclectic grasp and melodic approach on his instrument he has become one of the most soughtafter session players on the bass and has played on a large number of recordings by some of the worlds most successful entertainers in part by mastering a variety of techniques on both his late 1970s fretless Music Man StingRay bass guitar and later in his career adding fretted Fender Precision and Jaguar basses His playing has earned him custom instruments bearing his name Description above from the Wikipedia article Pino Palladino licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia